Capitol View vs Hopkins

A side-by-side comparison of Capitol View and Hopkins: population, income, housing, and more.

Capitol View and Hopkins are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Capitol View has the higher population (4,161 vs 1,962 in Hopkins). Hopkins has the higher median household income ($49,464 vs $47,054 in Capitol View). Capitol View has the higher median home value ($152,700 vs $77,300 in Hopkins).

Population, income & housing

	Capitol View	Hopkins
Population	4,161	1,962
Median age	32.0 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,054	$49,464
Median home value	$152,700	$77,300
Median gross rent	$1,146	$1,016
Housing units	2,150	947
Homeownership rate	41.6%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	33.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitol View	Hopkins
Population	3,604 → 4,161 (+15.5%)	2,719 → 1,962 (-27.8%)
Median household income	$50,684 → $47,054 (-7.2%)	$49,919 → $49,464 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$114,000 → $152,700 (+33.9%)	$87,400 → $77,300 (-11.6%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,146 (+28.9%)	$1,140 → $1,016 (-10.9%)

Capitol View

Population

3,6044,161

Median household income

$50,684$47,054

Median home value

$114,000$152,700

Median gross rent

$889$1,146

Hopkins

Population

2,7191,962

Median household income

$49,919$49,464

Median home value

$87,400$77,300

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitol View	Hopkins
Under 5	6.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	6.5%
18 to 24	14.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	23.5%
65 to 74	5.5%	13.9%
75 and over	5.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitol View	Hopkins
White (non-Hispanic)	36.5%	18.3%
Black or African American	53.9%	80.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitol View	Hopkins
No high school diploma	10.7%	14.1%
High school graduate	27.9%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitol View	Hopkins
Drove alone	84.7%	64.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.1%
Walked	1.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	26.3%
Other means	1.2%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitol View	Hopkins
1-unit, detached	47.0%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	29.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	53.0%

Poverty & households

	Capitol View	Hopkins
Poverty rate	11.7%	19.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1972	1987